A State trooper parks behind the black Honda Civic involved in an accident in which a 37-year-old male pedestrian died on the 5500 block of Abbeville Highway south of Anderson around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.(Photo11: Ken Ruinard/ Staff)

A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday morning on Abbeville Highway in Anderson County.

James Goodman Pridmore, 37, was walking in the roadway about five miles south of the city of Anderson when a driver traveling south struck him just before 5:30 a.m., according to Deputy Coroner Don McCown and the state Highway Patrol.

McCown said investigators believe Pridmore was walking to a store, where someone was going to pick him up and drive him to work.

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Don McCown, Anderson County Deputy Coroner, at the scene where a 37-year old male pedestrian died after being struck by a black Honda Civic on the 5500 block of Abbeville Highway south of Anderson around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. Ken Ruinard/ Staff

Don McCown, Anderson County Deputy Coroner, at the scene where a 37-year old male pedestrian died after being struck by a black Honda Civic on the 5500 block of Abbeville Highway south of Anderson around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. Ken Ruinard/ Staff

A State trooper parks behind the black Honda Civic involved in an accident in which a 37-year-old male pedestrian died on the 5500 block of Abbeville Highway south of Anderson around 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. Ken Ruinard/ Staff